Battle of Minokamo

The Battle of Minokamo (Autumn of 1176) was a battle of the Genpei War fought between the Kiso Minamoto clan of Shinano Province and the Shiba of Owari Province. The battle saw the Minamoto crush the Shiba clan's forces, and the Shiba daimyo Shiba Terasu was slain with most of his men.

History
In late 1175, the Kiso Minamoto clan conquered Mino Province after crushing the Toki clan, and the Kiso would plan to expand further towards Kyoto. Led by the ambitious daimyo Minamoto Yoshinaka, the Kiso Minamoto army grew to a large size, and in 1176 he embarked on the conquest of Owari Province from the Shiba clan. At the head of an army of  601 troops alongsde his milk brother Imai Kanehira, Yoshinaka met Shiba Terasu's army of 360 troops at Minokamo, and a small battle began. In a quick engagement, the Minamoto forces charged into battle with their adversaries, with the bodyguards of Kanehira and Yoshinaka charging the general's bodyguard of Shiba Terasu while the infantry engaged each other. The bodyguards then proceeded to cut down fleeing Shiba troops as they ran in hordes following Terasu's death, and Hiraki Makino was the last survivor of his unit. The battle came before the siege of Inazawa, although it is often considered to be the end of the Shiba clan, which was destroyed as a result of the battle.